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Arthur Alexander Morson
Gender:
Male
Born:
January 23, 1802
Died:
January 13, 1864
Home Town:
Falmouth, MA
Later Residences:
Fredericksburg, VA
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA
Marriage(s):
Maria Scott Morson (May 8, 1833)
Biographical Notes:
Arthur Morson was the son of the Hon. Aleander and Acce C. (Aleander) Morson. He worked as a lawyer in Fredericksburg and Rcihmond, VA.
Additional Notes:
The Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill owns a collection of papers created by Arthur Alexander Morson while a student at Yale College.
Education
Years at LLS:
1823
Other Education:
Graduated from Yale College in 1822.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Training with Other Lawyers:
He studied law in the office of Judge Seth Padelford at Taunton, MA in 1895.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Maria Scott Morson
Wife - Anne Alexander Morson
Mother - Alexander Morson
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849.
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